the functionality is known as progressive web apps or PWAs. Did this notification come up unprompted? You may need to switch off certain settings within Firefox if so.
I feel like it’s the OS’s job to provide the means to mute or defer notifications in certain contexts, and the games jobs to enter that context in full screen.
But the browser is just an app like any other. Apps have notification systems tied to the OSs notification system. Each app independently decides what they think it important to take advantage of that notification system.
The OS should have a notification system that supports mute/deferrals, and other apps, games, media players or whatever else the use wants should use that system for the users benefit.
I feel like a year ago, Windows was much better at not interrupting. There is literally a setting to engage Do No Disturb mode when playing a game. But it definitely seems to have stopped doing that from my experience despite that being a default setting and still enabled on my gaming rig. Something changed, and I doubt it’s every game.
I have a mini PC I use as a console, works great. I run Linux and don’t get this crap. This is unfortunately a windows “feature”, although it’s frustrating Firefox is making use of it. Presumably Firefox has an update and is “letting you know” about it’s features. Presumably this can be turned off within Firefox, but other apps may do the same from time to time. It’s crazy Windows allows this to be drawn over a full screen game.
FYI as an alternative Linux on a mini PC can be set up like the Steam Deck interface to be truely controller only. Windows games run great (I’ve completed Cyberpunk 2077 on mine for example), but one limitation is anti cheat games may not work. If that affects games you’d want to play then either stick with windows or dual boot Linux and Windows and switch to windows if you ever want to play an anti-cheat game that doesn’t work in Linux. But Linux in gamescope mode is perfect for gaming, with none of this type of nonsense.
I’m sorry that happened. I’ve never seen stuff like this but this is likely because I disable as much shit as I can every time I set Firefox up on a new system. As you can see from the list of recs I linked above, it’s a bit of a chore.
There are definitely smarter ways to go about it, like scripting the disablement of stupid shit in Firefox (or using a privacy respecting fork of the browser), but I like to do this / monitor this manually to keep track of any newly introduced anti features.
Recommend extensions as you browse
Recommend features as you browse
turn these off.
if you had these enabled, you are probably running defaults most everywhere and have a dozen more settings in firefox to look at; plus a lot more in chrome or edge if you use those, as well as in windows itself.
PWAs are great. No more Electron apps too! Also, Firefox has no way of knowing you are playing a full screen game, that’s the os’s job to squelch notifications. Now, Mozilla really shouldn’t be using notifications to educate users on new browser features. That should be only on the post-upgrade web page and/or the new tab page only.
I don’t use them for many things but in terms of UX, I can totally agree with that. my guidance would just be to disable unprompted suggestions on the desktop rather than the functionality of PWAs.
the functionality is known as progressive web apps or PWAs. Did this notification come up unprompted? You may need to switch off certain settings within Firefox if so.
you can refer to one of my older posts for more info, reach out if you need a hand with anything.
Unprompted, unwanted, in the middle of a very intense game full screen, on a computer used as a game console I had to dig out a mouse to use.
I feel like it’s the OS’s job to provide the means to mute or defer notifications in certain contexts, and the games jobs to enter that context in full screen.
I feel like it’s not the browsers job to congratulate me for installing an update that includes new features
I think that’s a fair position.
But the browser is just an app like any other. Apps have notification systems tied to the OSs notification system. Each app independently decides what they think it important to take advantage of that notification system.
The OS should have a notification system that supports mute/deferrals, and other apps, games, media players or whatever else the use wants should use that system for the users benefit.
I feel like a year ago, Windows was much better at not interrupting. There is literally a setting to engage Do No Disturb mode when playing a game. But it definitely seems to have stopped doing that from my experience despite that being a default setting and still enabled on my gaming rig. Something changed, and I doubt it’s every game.
I have a mini PC I use as a console, works great. I run Linux and don’t get this crap. This is unfortunately a windows “feature”, although it’s frustrating Firefox is making use of it. Presumably Firefox has an update and is “letting you know” about it’s features. Presumably this can be turned off within Firefox, but other apps may do the same from time to time. It’s crazy Windows allows this to be drawn over a full screen game.
FYI as an alternative Linux on a mini PC can be set up like the Steam Deck interface to be truely controller only. Windows games run great (I’ve completed Cyberpunk 2077 on mine for example), but one limitation is anti cheat games may not work. If that affects games you’d want to play then either stick with windows or dual boot Linux and Windows and switch to windows if you ever want to play an anti-cheat game that doesn’t work in Linux. But Linux in gamescope mode is perfect for gaming, with none of this type of nonsense.
I’m sorry that happened. I’ve never seen stuff like this but this is likely because I disable as much shit as I can every time I set Firefox up on a new system. As you can see from the list of recs I linked above, it’s a bit of a chore.
There are definitely smarter ways to go about it, like scripting the disablement of stupid shit in Firefox (or using a privacy respecting fork of the browser), but I like to do this / monitor this manually to keep track of any newly introduced anti features.
turn these off.
if you had these enabled, you are probably running defaults most everywhere and have a dozen more settings in firefox to look at; plus a lot more in chrome or edge if you use those, as well as in windows itself.
Ive kinda started liking PWAs tbh. I love the idea of a website being completely sandboxed and isolated from the rest of my browsing.
PWAs are great. No more Electron apps too! Also, Firefox has no way of knowing you are playing a full screen game, that’s the os’s job to squelch notifications. Now, Mozilla really shouldn’t be using notifications to educate users on new browser features. That should be only on the post-upgrade web page and/or the new tab page only.
Plus you get web extensions like ublock.
I don’t use them for many things but in terms of UX, I can totally agree with that. my guidance would just be to disable unprompted suggestions on the desktop rather than the functionality of PWAs.